Welcome to World Heritage Watch
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We are an independent non-governmental organization based in Berlin that works worldwide to protect cultural and natural World Heritage sites.
Our office serves as a communication and coordination hub for more than 250 civil society groups, indigenous peoples, experts and committed local people who are dedicated to safeguarding their World Heritage sites.
The most precious monuments, the most significant historic cities, the most beautiful cultural landscapes, and the most breathtaking ecosystems and natural monuments of our planet are inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. They are those sites which the international community has promised to protect at all cost. However, many World Heritage sites are threatened: by mega-projects and mass tourism, war and neglect. We cannot accept their loss. World Heritage Watch stands up for these endangered sites of the world.
World Heritage in Danger
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Stop LNG Terminals at World Heritage Sites!
An upcoming global campaign with our network partners
We intervene at UNESCO
We lobby UNESCO for better protection of World Heritage sites
St. Catherine Monastery Area
A Sacred Landscape Disfigured by a Megatourism Project
Old Town of Goslar
A World Heritage in Emergency Needs Your Help and Support
What we do
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What you can do
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Become a member or patron
We are an organization of civil society, and our membership is the base upon which we stand. Your contribution allows us to gather independent information, publish reports, run campaigns, lobby decision-makers, and support our global network to protect World Heritage Sites around the world.
Subscribe to our newsletter
Shortly we will re-launch our quarterly newsletter which will inform you about major new developments in our network and the heritage world, new projects and publications, personnel changes and job opportunities – everything you need to know in order to be up-to-date on the World Heritage community.
Follow us on social media
We use facebook and LinkedIn not only to share our own news but also posts from our network around the world. Following us will allow you to be informed about what’s going on at World Heritage Sites on a daily basis, and – as you know – the more followers we have, the greater our public impact!
Publications
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